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"Madam President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, the President of the Commission expressed optimism this morning as to the future of Europe. “A greater Europe is taking form”, said Mr Prodi. We may ask: is a Europe taking form that is greater in spirit and in intent? A Europe with new aims, a Europe capable of performing its international role better? I hesitate. It is permissible to doubt. The Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Qatar in itself justifies tempered optimism. The European Union’s action through its representatives, namely Commissioners Lamy and Fischler, was difficult but frankly positive. In fact, European diplomacy contributed decisively to the positive results of the Conference and hence to putting an end to the paralysis of the World Trade Organisation, to restoring its credibility after the resounding failure of the Seattle Conference. The commitments undertaken by the European Union are far from fulfilling our main priorities, particularly in the environmental and social spheres. The European representatives were, in fact, faced with a dilemma, where they saw protection of nature and social rights, the representatives of the developing countries saw only disguised protectionism of European interests. Therefore, there are grounds for hope, but also grounds for disappointment. It is worth emphasising the positive aspect of the negotiations with regard to agriculture, which are, at last, prompting and stimulating an in-depth reform of the CAP which the European Union proved incapable of carrying out internally. Equally praiseworthy are the results obtained with regard to medicine prices and the undeniable victory achieved over the egoism of the pharmaceutical multinationals. The Doha Conference represents just a small step along the steep path that aims to harmonise liberalism and regulation, a small step for globalisation to contribute to world progress and especially to the reduction of poverty, hunger, disease and violence. Lastly, if the failure... ("@en1
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